Located near City of Hua-Lien, northeast part of Taiwan, Taroko National Park is one of the most beautiful places in Taiwan. It offers spectacular scenery of gorges, rivers, and moutains. Hundreds of trails are available - for families to take a leisure walk on easy and falt roads, or for advanturous hikers to explore some of the more challenging trails.

I didn't have much chance to travel while growing up in Taiwan. I've been wanting to visit the park for several years. Finally, in December of 2002, a few good friends of mine and I took a road trip to Taroko. We had only 3-4 days to explore the place. If time allows, I wish to go futher west to the adjacent scenic spots such as Tayuling and Hohuan Mountain .

Click here to view the photo album for this trip.

For a more complete introduction and photo collections of Taroko National Park, please click on the following links:
http://www.taroko.gov.tw/fall/ (Chinese & English)
http://www.taroko.gov.tw/indexc.php (Chinese)
http://a310004.travel-web.com.tw/ (Chinese)
http://taiwan.wcn.com.tw/en/park/Taroko/
Central Taiwan Tourist Spots
http://www.taroko.gov.tw/fall/

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Taiwan Collegian website (English)